Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium tubiflorum (Delile) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 396 (1891) |
Native Range | Egypt to Libya |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 0-10m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves ovate-rhombic, obtuse, attenuate to short petiole, scapes flexuous, spikelets 2-flowered, crowded in short spike |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Statice squamata Poir. Statice tubiflora Delile |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) |